West York District III Wrestling Champions

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PIAA
District III Champions (49)
Honor Roll
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Year	Weight (lbs.)	West York Wrestler
1938	125	Roy Bowser
1938	155	Cletus Gentzler
1938	165	Richard Shaffer
1938	185	Keith Peterson
1940	85	John Bowser
1940	145	Ken Smyser
1940	185	John Emig
1941	85	John Bowser
1942	95	Bob Brown
1942	103	Carl Bowser
1942	112	John Bowser
1942	138	Dean Coffman
1943	95	Eugene Brady
1943	112	Bob Brown
1943	120	Carl Bowser
1944	95	John Loose
1944	103	Eugene Brady
1944	120	Carl Bowser
1944	145	Alvin Wildasin
1944	154	Jack Deal
1945	133	Bob Brown
1945	138	Charles Cramer
1946	103	Herb Marley
1946	154	Bob King
1947	165	Bob King
1948	112	H. Leon Senft
1948	120	Herb Marley
1948	165	Herb Schmidt
1949	120	H. Leon Senft
1951	120	David Miller
1951	138	Bob Schazberger ▪
1951	145	Paul Smith ▪
1951	154	Russ Aldinger
1952	103	Ronald Becker
1965	112	Dana Luckenbaugh ▪ *
1968	120	Bill Luckenbaugh ▪ photo
1969	127	*Bill Luckenbaugh ▪ photo**
1969	Hwt.	*John Sprenkle ▪ photo**
1972	180	Mike Stambaugh ▪ photo
1975	138	Jeff Meckley ▪
1978	112	Ken Shorts ▪ photo
1991	135	Jason Abel ▪ photo
1992	189	Jeff Wolfe ▪
1993	119	Matt Sprenkle ▪
1993	189	Jeff Wolfe ▪
1995	112	Chad Luckenbaugh ▪
1996	130	Chad Luckenbaugh ▪
1999	130	Todd Platts ▪
2001	189	Nate Sheridan ▪ photo

* PIAA State Wrestling Champion
▪ PIAA Regional Wrestling Champion
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1968 PIAA District III Wrestling Champions

Front (L-R) Bill Thomas (York High), Dennis Ibach (Manheim Central),
Bruce Jones (Newport), Mike Loercher (Manheim Central),
Karl Ginder (Manheim Central).
Back (L-R) Phil Conlin (Warwick), Steve Thompson (Manheim Central),
Bill Pascarella (Cumberland Valley), Bill Luckenbaugh (West York),
Lee Dobyns (Newport), Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin),
Rick Swanger (Cumberland Valley).
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1972 PIAA District III Wrestling Champions

1972 PIAA District III Wrestling Champions
Front (L-R) Tony Cunningham (Lanc. McCaskey), Ron Michaels (Lower Dauphin),
John Miller (Middletown), John Weston (Dallastown),
Mike Stambaugh (West York), Fred Foreman (Lower Dauphin).
Back (L-R) Steve Myer (Manheim Central), Eric Carr (Cumberland Valley),
Lon Barrick (Newport), Mike Torchia (Red Land), Mark Peters (Newport),
Andy Zook (Newport).
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           ▪ Dover. PA Head Coach - H. Leon Senft (left), Asst. Ed Strayer
             and Asst. Coach Charles "Charlie" Jacobs (right). (above)
           ▪ H. Leon Senft is accepting a nice remembrance
             for his Dover coaching retirement!
             H. Leon Senft, a 1949 West York High School graduate... was a
             1948 & 1949 District III Wrestling Champion for West York...
             and wrestled for Charles "Chuck" Richards, WY's first coach!
         Charlie Jacobs was a YCIAA 1964 Sectional Wrestling Champion
              @ Dover.
         ∙ 1971 - Dover & West York Dual Meet.
                                   photo submitted by Charlie Jacobs

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1989 District III AAA Wrestling Championships

1989 District III Wrestling Tourney
@ Shippensburg University

                     The PIAA AAA District III Wrestling Finals 1989* (above photo)
      ▪ 1989 - West York's 103 lb. Dave Maday with WY Coach John T. Toggas
    and WY Assistant Coach Tom Toggas (back left). Also, in above '89 photo...
    (L-R) Dover's (red) 112lb. Mark Eckenrode with Dover coach Charlie Jacobs,
    Spring Grove's 119lb. Scott Forry with Spring Grove head coach Gary Grim, and
    South Western's 125lb. 3-time PIAA State Champ Joey Wildasin on the far right.
       note ▪ The 1989 District III AAA Tourney had five YCIAA Champions!
     *Dover's Mark Eckenrode, Spring Grove's Scott Forry,
    South Western's Joey Wildasin, South Western's Steve Elicker...
    and Red Lion's Tac Thomas - all won DIII AAA titles in '89 at Shippensburg.
       ▪ In AA competiton, Eastern's Chad Barshinger picked up an '89 AA crown
         for the YCIAA Wrestling League.

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